Mattress-sterilizer.



' No. 713,056. Patentad'Nov. n, I902.

w. H. BUSSER.

MATTRESS STERILIZER.

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w. H. BUSSER. MATTRESS STEBILIZER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HENERY BUSSER, on DAYTON, orno, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD To VIRGIL L. BROOKS, or DAYTON, OHIO.

srEcIFIcArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 71 3,056, dated November 1 1,1902.

Application filed December 7, 1901- Serial No. 85,027. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: its height. A steam-outlet pipe D extends Be itknown that I, WILLIAM HENERY BUsupwardly from the top of the condenser or SER, a citizen of the United States, residing supporterDand is connected tothe cross-pipe at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and E from which dependpipes E, which lead 5 State of Ohio, have invented a new and useinto the upper ends of the rear supporters or fulMattress-Sterilizer, of which the following condensers. By leading the steam first into is a specification. the central supporter or condenser and from This invention is a mattress steameror sterthere into the end supporters or condensers ilizer, the object being to provideasimple and and then through the perforated horizontal IO eflicient appliance by means of which matpipes 13, I am enabled to inject thoroughlytresses and similar articles can be steamed or dried steam into the compartment.

sterilized,thereby driving from the said mat The lower end of each condenser, is made tress all germs or odors and leaving said matfunnel-shaped and provided with an outlettress thoroughly clean and pure. valve, as shown at F and F, the waterof con- 1 5 The invention consists in the novel features densation collecting in the said funnel-shaped of construction and combination of parts here- .end and byopening the valve can be quickly inafter fully described, and pointed out in the and easily drained'therefronl. If desired, an claims. injector pipe can be connected with the In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective steam-supply and any suitable germ-destroy- 7o 20 View of a device constructed in accordance ing gases incorporated with the steam as it is with my invention.- Fig. 2 is a vertical lonforced into the box or case. In order to maingitudinal sectional View. Fig. 3 is a transtain the temperature to the proper high deverse section. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view gree, I employ the heating-coils G, which are showing one of the end supporters or conarranged upon'the sides of the box or case, 25 densers, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View alternating with the steam pipes, as most illustrating the central supporter or conclearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, said heatingdenser. coils G being I connected to the pipe H, by

In carrying out myinvention I employabox means of whichthe heatingmedium is supor case A, the walls ofwhich are double and, pliedto the coils. By means'of these heato filled with a packing of asbestos or mineral ing-coilsl am enabled to raise and maintain wool, as shown at A. This box or case A has a temperature of 400 Fahrenheit. Supportan upwardly-swinging door A which is held ing-brackets I are arranged upon opposite closed by means of a bar A carrying a bindsides of the box or case, and resting thereon ing-screw A, so that the door can be securely are the screens K, upon which themattress to 3 5 fastened, and thereby make a thoroughly-sebe steamed and sterilized is placed, and it is cure and air-tight joint, it being noted that apparentthat the steam forced from the perthe said door has beveled edges, as shown in forated pipes B will act upon the top and bot- Fig. 2. The box or case is also preferably tom ofthe mattress,therebythoroughly cleanprovided with a metallic lining A and the ing the same and driving out or killing all 0 door is of course provided with asimilarlining. germs and also purifying the said mattress of Perforated steam-pipesBare arranged horiall odors and impurities. zontally in parallel order along the sides of An escape-opening Lis produced in the top the box or casing, said pipes communicating of the box or case and has a funnel or pipe at their forward and rear ends with cylin- Mconnectedtherewith,whichleads toachim- 5 5 drical-shaped supporters or condensers C, arney or flue, thereby carrying off all odors and ranged upon the exterior of the box or case product-s of steaming and sterilizing. A-suitand at thecorners thereof. A central supable gage is arranged in connection with the porter or condenser D is arranged at the rear box or casein orderto indicate the temperaof the box or case, and between the two rear ture within the said box or case. too 50 end condensers a steam-pipe D leads into said It 'willthus be seen that I providea simple central supporter or condenser about midway and efficient'device by means of which a numher of mattresses can be treated at the same time and by means of which the said mattresses will be thoroughly purified.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a sterilizer, the combination with a main compartment or box ofpe-rforated steampipes traversing the interior of said compartments, and branching from condensing-cylinders in communication with a dispensing cylinder or chest, said condensing-cylinders having drainage valves at their bottoms, means for supplying steam to said dispensing cylinder or chest, and means for conducting said steam away, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a sterilizer, the combination, with a main com partmentorbox,of perforated steampipes traversing the interior of said compartment and connected with and leading from condensing-cylinders in communication with a dispensing cylinder or chest, said condensing-cylinders having valves for carrying off the Water of condensation, means for supplying steam to said dispensing cylinder or chest, means for exhausting said steam, and heating-pipes arranged in parallel series on the interior of said main compartment, substantially as shown and described.

3; In a sterilizer, the combination with a main compartment or box, Witha vent-opening therein, of a perforated steam-pipe traversing the interior of said compartment and branching from condensing-cylinders in communicat-ion with a dispensing cylinder or chest, said condensing cylinders having drainage-valves at their bottoms, and means for supplying steam to said dispensing cylinder or chest, and means for conducting said steam away, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a sterilizer, the combination with a main compartment or box, of a perforated steam-pipe traversing the interior of said compartment and connected with and leading from condensing-cylinders in communication With a dispensing cylinder or chest, said condensing cylinders having reliefvalves for carrying ofi the water of condensation, a pipe connected with said steam-pipe for introducing a disinfectant gas or agent into said steam-current, means for supplying steam to said dispensing cylinder or chest and means for conducting said steam 0E, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a sterilizer, the combination with a main compartment or box, of perforated steam-pipes traversing the interior of said compartment and branching from condensing-cylinders in communication with a cylinder or chest, said condensing-cylinder having relief-valves for carrying 01f the water of condensation, heating-pipes traversing the interior of said compartments, means for supplying steam to said dispensing cylinder or chest and to said heating-pipes, other cylinders into which said steam-pipes discharge, and a valve-outlet from said cylinders for carrying otf the water of condensation, and an exhaust-pipe therefrom for conducting olf the steam, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a sterilizer, the combination With a main compartment or box, brackets attached to the sides of said compartment and perforated shelves supported by said brackets, of perforated steampipes traversing the interior of said compartment and branching from condensing-cylinders in communication with a dispensing cylinder or chest, said condensing-cylinders having drainage-valves at their bottoms, and means for supplying steam to said dispensing cylinder or chest, and means for conducting said steam away, substantially as shown as described.

WILLIAM HENERY BUSSER.

Witnesses:

ELMER L. GERBER, F. S. HOLMES. 

